The Strawberry Blonde~~Lydia Martin

1.4.1

"What's going on?" Allison asks as we lean over the foyer to look down at Dad. He was dressed, carrying a duffel bag and headed for the door. "Your aunt Kate just texted. I'm heading out to pick her up" He informs us. "It's 2:00 in the morning. Is everything okay?" Allison asks.

"Is she hurt?" I worry. I may have not been as close with aunt Kate as Allison but I still liked her. Especially when she got us gifts. "No, she's not hurt. She's just having a little car trouble." Dad waves it off. "Not serious, is it?" Allison asks. "No, just a flat tire. Go-Go back to bed, you two." Dad shoos us off. "Be safe" I tell him. "I will be" He smiles as Allison and I head back to our rooms.

"A little weird, don't you think?" Allison whispers as we hear Dad leave. "Something's up." I agree. What did he need his duffel bag for?

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I groan as I hear a knock on my door. I didn't want to go to school. "Is that any way to greet your favorite aunt?" I shoot up out of bed with a smile. "Aunt Kate!" I say, giving her a hug. "What is with you two? Look at you" She scoffs, looking me over. "The both of you could go get a modeling job right now" She tells me.

I roll my eyes at her. "Whatever you say. Allison can go be a model. I'll be the athlete" I wave her off. "That's right. How could I forget? It's all right though, because when you become a famous athlete, they'll want to take pictures of you anyways" She smiles. I wave her off, taking a seat on my bed again.

"Please tell me you've got someone falling for you" She scoffs, taking a seat beside me. "You could say that" I shrug. "Oh, don't be that way. What's his name?" She wonders. Her. "Taylor" I lie, biting my lip. "Taylor, huh? Well I can not wait to meet him" She winks. I give a slight chuckle.

"Well, Allison is probably waiting for you so I don't want to keep her waiting." Kate says, standing up. "How's your car?" I wonder curiously. "Oh, it's fine. I just needed a quick jumpstart." She waves it off. "Jumpstart?" I ask. "Yeah. Have fun at school though" She smiles before leaving. Dad said flat tire last night though. Something was definitely going on here.

I bring it up with Allison on the way to school. "That's what she told me too!" Allison exclaims. "I told you, Alli. There's more happening here than we know." I explain. "Maybe" She nods. "I'm gonna figure it out" I add, confidently.

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"Hey, Alex!" I look over and see Matt stood there. Oh, great. "Matt" I nod. "Is everything okay with Taylor?" He wonders curiously. "Oh, yeah. Everything's fine now." I nod. "What was wrong?" He asks. Oh no. "Uh, just a broken leg" I tell him. "Oh, really? Wow, that sounds bad" He says.

"Yeah, but she's on crutches now" I make up. "Hey, Alex" I look over and see Taylor stood there. Things were about to blow up in my face. She turns to look at Matt who was looking at her curiously. "Hello" I greet slowly. "Who's this?" She wonders. "This is Matt" I tell her, motioning to Matt.

"Hey, nice to meet you..." He trails off, looking for a name. "Taylor" She smiles. Matt looks over at me with narrowed eyes. "Taylor, huh?" He asks. He looks down at her leg which was cast free. "I see your leg looks fine" He comments. "Yeah, it is" She nods confused. "Well, Alex told me your leg was broken and you were on crutches now" Matt shrugs.

Taylor looks over at me confused. "I-It's nothing like that." I try to say as the two look at me expectantly. "Alex, Taylor, Matt" Danny nods, stepping next me. Thank you, Danny! "Danny" Matt and Taylor nod. "What's wrong?" He asks. "Well, Alex had to bail out on our date the other day because apparently 'Taylor's leg was broken. And now there's a Taylor standing right here, with no broken leg" Matt explains.

Taylor crosses her arms, looking over at me. "Date?" She asks. "Well, Matt, Alex wasn't having fun on the date so I saved her from it. She kept telling me how her date with Taylor was way better and that you were being an asshole" Danny shrugs. Matt gapes over at me as I nervously rub the back of my neck. "And Pittsburgh Penguins? Really?" He brings up as well.